| VERB | weather | scintillate | give off |
|---|---|---|---|
| weather | scintillate, sparkle, coruscate | reflect brightly | |
| weather | scintillate, twinkle, winkle | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | |
| perception | scintillate | (physics) fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon | |
| change | scintillate, sparkle, coruscate | be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity |
| Meaning | give off. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" | |
| Broader | emit, give out, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge |
| Similar to | twinkle, winkle, scintillate | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner |
| Spanish | brillar, centellear, cintilar | |
| Nouns | scintillation | a rapid change in brightness |
| Meaning | Reflect brightly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | sparkle, coruscate | |
| Broader | reflect, shine | Be bright by reflecting or casting light |
| Spanish | centellear, chispear | |
| Catalan | centellejar, espurnejar | |
| Adjectives | scintillant | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light |
| Nouns | scintillation | the quality of shining with a bright reflected light |
| Meaning | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | twinkle, winkle | |
| Category | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
| Broader | shine, beam | emit light |
| Similar to | scintillate | give off |
| Spanish | centellear, chispear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, guspirejar | |
| Adjectives | scintillant | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light |
| Nouns | scintilla | a sparkling glittering particle |
| scintillation | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight | |
| Meaning | (physics) fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | fluoresce | Exhibit or undergo fluorescence |
| Nouns | scintillation | (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle |
| Meaning | Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | sparkle, coruscate | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Catalan | animar | |
| Nouns | scintillation | a brilliant display of wit |
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